Hi!
I'm a cheese lover, and recently I've been to the Provence (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provenza-Alpes-Costa_Azul), in the south of France. France never disappoints me when it comes to discovering new cheeses, as it's the land (or better heaven) of cheeses. I could move to France just to be able to buy those tender smelly cheeses at an affordable price; here in Spain they cost way mooore. And this time, the discovering was the most :o I've ever had related to a cheese.
The cheese was one made with pesto (as in the "Spaguetti al pesto"!! Yes, filled with albahaca flavour). I found it at a street market at Aix-en-Provence (http://g.co/maps/j978s) and when I saw it I thought it would taste eww but it tasted really good!! You know, a green cheese looks so suspicious... humm...
I asked the seller to let me try it and when I asked her to tell me what it was she just said "fromage du pistou", that is "pisto cheese". Anyway, I was like "ok, I gotta buy that cheese", but forgot asking the name, haha. So... here I have the photos of this misterious cheese. I hope you can help me find out the mistery...
So here are the clues:
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/606/fromageaupistou.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/405/fromageaupistou.jpg/)
(http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/1892/fromageaupistou3.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/812/fromageaupistou3.jpg/)
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5672/fromageaupistou2.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/10/fromageaupistou2.jpg/)
Where I've written "read: ND" I meant "ND" is what you can read at the bottom part of the cheese in that picture. I just wanted to clarify it in case someone couldn't read it.
(http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/5890/fromageaupistou4.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/249/fromageaupistou4.jpg/)
Thank you in advance!
"Groen" or "groene" is Dutch for "green." ND is short for "Nederland." This isn't a French cheese.
Looks like Basiron. Gouda style, not French.
Welcome mizumi, still looks like great cheese, I think you are the first here with green cheese!
Whats the green Equv. to anato?
Thank you for all your replies!
Thanks to your tips somehow I managed to do a more specific search in google and... tada! I found my cheese!!
It's name is "Landana Green Pesto" (http://www.deline.ee/en/index.php?id=2&cat=3&scat=9#)! There's even a Red Pesto Cheese (http://www.dcicheeseco.com/landana/red-pesto) by Landana too! Fied was right: it's a Dutch cheese. I never thought I would buy a Dutch cheese thinking I was buying a weird local French cheese (I thought it would be an Italian cheese at the most) XD
(http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/7374/24570landanagreenpesto.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/851/24570landanagreenpesto.jpg/)
Tomer1: What is anato?